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Oil could pass 2008 record of $147.50 a barrel as damage and field closures risk compounding supply shock caused by Iran war About 20 miles off the coast of Iran lies the source of the petrostate’s economic lifeblood and the latest target of US military aggression: an 8 sq mile coral island through which nine in every 10 barrels of Iranian crude passes each day. The US president’s decision to launch a weekend attack on Kharg Island, the home of Iran’s processing hub and the heart of its economy, is an unsurprising counterstrike to the Iranian regime’s ongoing chokehold on the oil market’s trade artery. Continue reading...

Lebanon Health Ministry: Israeli strike kill at least 850 people since start of war The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israeli strikes has killed at least 850 people and wounded a further 2,105 since March.

In innovative study that precedes Cornell students' push to sever ties with Israeli institution, researchers use traditional ceramic know-how for off-grid chill through evaporation The post Cornell and Technion scientists adapt ancient clay air conditioning tech for sustainable cooling appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Hegseth's Iran war talk conflicts with law forbidding "no quarter" ban, experts say  Axios

US Energy Secretary expects war with Iran to 'end in next few weeks' US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has told US media that he expects the war with Iran to end within the "next few weeks." Speaking to ABC News, Wright said: "I think that this conflict will certainly come to the end in the next few weeks – could be sooner than that. But the conflict will come to the end in the next few weeks, and we’ll see a rebound in (energy) supplies and a pushing down in prices after that."

Energy secretary: Strait of Hormuz not safe for shipping  NBC News

Attacks targeting commercial vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz have put the blockaded waterway on the front line of the Middle East war, with spreading economic repercussions. Iran's quest to inflict maximum pain on the global economy in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes has all but shut the narrow strait through which 20 percent of global crude and LNG normally passes. US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged countries that rely on oil carried through the Hormuz strait to step up and help take responsibility for keeping the passage open -- with American support.

‘War leader’ Trump fixates on trivial matters as Iran death toll mounts  The Guardian

The fixture, part of the Qatar Football Festival, has been cancelled amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.

Egypt eyed as mediator as Israel plans weeks of war with Iran  شفق نيوز

Iranian FM: Supreme leader 'in excellent health,' Strait of Hormuz open to all except US and its friends  The Times of Israel

Trump once again blames Ukraine president for prolonging war by refusing to accept Russia’s demands

My family fled Iran in 1979 as members of a religious minority. Now we watch from the safety of Australia as our community is persecuted again As a second-generation Iranian migrant, I’ve been suffocated by helplessness over the past two months as my spiritual brothers and sisters in Iran fight for a sense of freedom in their home country. Now, as war hits the region, millions of Iranians living around the world watch with trepidation, praying for peace in the face of yet another harrowing conflict. My family fled just before the Iranian revolution in 1979. We are Baháʼís – members of the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran. Bahá’ís have been persecuted since the faith’s inception in the mid-19th century, and in times of unrest, things get worse. We can only imagine what is in store. Continue reading...

What do the first two weeks of the war on Iran portend for the future?  Al Jazeera

Defence analyst says torpedo strike is a ‘humiliation’ for Modi’s government that disregarded a US defence partner Middle East crisis – live updates The distress call came in to Sri Lanka’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre just after 5am. The ship in trouble, they determined, was well within Sri Lanka’s obligation for rescue, being just over 19 nautical miles off the coast of the southern city of Galle. The navy swiftly mobilised and, by 6am, the first search and rescue boat was on its way, another soon close behind. It was hard to see through the thick morning mist but officers on board kept their eyes peeled for a ship in the distance. Continue reading...

Bills that would weaken the role of attorney general, overhaul the media sector, draw ire from the opposition The post Coalition advancing controversial legislation amid war with Iran appeared first on The Times of Israel.

As other Iran‑allied groups are engaging in the Mideast war, Yemen's Houthis hold back  The Washington Post

Bahrain arrest five people 'suspected' of spying for Iran Bahrain’s Ministry of the Interior said it arrested five people for their alleged involvement in passing “precise and sensitive information” to the Iranian Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC). Officials said the arrests were also for “recruiting terrorist elements” to carry out terror plots against Bahrain: "These acts were intended to undermine the state’s sovereignty, target security authorities and economic entities, spread fear and panic among citizens and residents, and risk the country’s security and safety," said a Bahraini official.

Iran begins 54th missile wave against Israel under True Promise 4  شفق نيوز

Trump’s Strait of Hormuz problem  Salon.com